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Title
W. C. Fields from burlesque and vaudeville to Broadway
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Wertheim, Arthur Frank, 1935- (contributor)
Subject
Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946
Comedians--United States--Biography (LCSH)
Entertainers--United States--Biography (LCSH)
Burlesque (Theater)--United States--Biography (LCSH)
Vaudeville--United States--Biography (LCSH)
Theater--New York (State)--New York--Biography (LCSH)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
illustrations
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Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: PN2287.F45 W48 2014 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 791.4302/8092B full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
Table Of Contents
Introduction
The fledgling years. Meet the Dukenfields
Life with father
The training ground. The tramp juggler
Initiation rites
The sly conjurer
The big time
"All the world's a stage". A master pantomimist
My art never satisfies me
To the antipodes
The trouper on the flying trapeze
The ham tree
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
The breakup
The affair
The labyrinth to the Ziegfeld Follies. The road to the Palace
The second home
"They had me sweating blood"
Backstabbed
Epilogue
Authorized Access Point
Wertheim, Arthur Frank, 1935- W. C. Fields from burlesque and vaudeville to Broadway
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Date: 2014-08-29
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Description Language: English
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